Andy Burnham wins Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge
Key takeaways
- Labour party candidate Andy Burnham is declared the winner of the Makerfield byelection.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleAndy Burnham has won the crucial Makerfield byelection by a huge majority, paving the way for a challenge to Keir Starmer’s premiership.
- The Greater Manchester mayor beat the Reform UK candidate, Robert Kenyon, by 9,231 votes, and the new hardline Restore Britain party coming a distant third..
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Labour party candidate Andy Burnham is declared the winner of the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAView image in fullscreen Labour party candidate Andy Burnham is declared the winner of the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAMakerfield byelection Andy Burnham wins huge majority in Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge Greater Manchester mayor says result represents Labour’s ‘final chance to change’, after soundly beating Reform UK and hardline Restore Britain
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleAndy Burnham has won the crucial Makerfield byelection by a huge majority, paving the way for a challenge to Keir Starmer’s premiership.
The Greater Manchester mayor beat the Reform UK candidate, Robert Kenyon, by 9,231 votes, and the new hardline Restore Britain party coming a distant third..